Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 27, 2017, 3:45 p.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers	Honestly, one of the hardest weeks ever to rank IMO. Auburn losing to Clemson, but beating Georgia/Alabama leads to Clemson at #1 despite an otherwise weak SOS. Georgia/Alabama are hard to rank at 11-1, because they both lost to Auburn, but at the same time, only have that 1 blemish whereas Auburn has 2. Real big debate over whether a 2 loss team with 2 top 25 losses should be ranked above/below 2 teams they beat, but only have that 1 loss.
2	Oklahoma Sooners
3	Wisconsin Badgers
4	Georgia Bulldogs
5	Auburn Tigers	So this might look weird, going Georgia, Auburn, Alabama. My rationale is that losses matter, and a 2 loss Auburn team is hard to justify at the #4 spot over a number of 1 loss teams. However, they deserve credit for that monster of a schedule, specifically in actually playing Clemson very close in an OOC game. Georgia deserves credit for their @ND win (though less and less), and overall dominance. Bama, besides being bama, suffers from a weak OOC due to FSU's struggles, and therefore is 7.
6	Miami Hurricanes
7	Alabama Crimson Tide
8	Ohio State Buckeyes
9	Penn State Nittany Lions
10	TCU Horned Frogs
11	USC Trojans	Ranking USC/Notre Dame/Stanford given their records and who beat who game is super tough.
12	Stanford Cardinal
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
14	Michigan State Spartans
15	Northwestern Wildcats
16	Washington Huskies
17	Memphis Tigers
18	UCF Knights
19	Washington State Cougars
20	LSU Tigers
21	USF Bulls
22	Virginia Tech Hokies
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys
24	Toledo Rockets
25	San Diego State Aztecs

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.45
2	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
3	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.32
5	Auburn Tigers	0.00
6	Miami Hurricanes	0.09
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.03
10	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
11	USC Trojans	0.00
12	Stanford Cardinal	0.41
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.26
14	Michigan State Spartans	1.17
15	Northwestern Wildcats	1.35
16	Washington Huskies	-0.68
17	Memphis Tigers	0.00
18	UCF Knights	-1.96
19	Washington State Cougars	0.00
20	LSU Tigers	0.00
21	USF Bulls	0.04
22	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-1.11
24	Toledo Rockets	0.18
25	San Diego State Aztecs	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Fresno State Bulldogs	0.19

Total Score: 8.23